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Movie Review "Kita kita" Introduction Kita kita is a romantic-comedy movie. It is written by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo and directed by Joyce Bernal. Alessandra de Rossi and Empoy Marquez are the main character, where they are both Filipino citizen living at Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan. The story revolves on how a blind woman fall inlove with a funny man. Summary The story starts with Lea, a Filipino Tourist Guide at Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan. She is a jolly person and a two-year engaged with her…

Comparative Essay Imagine a strange man, different from any other, happens to show up on your town, brought by the sea. How would you and the other people meet to his sudden appearance? In both “ A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, two villages receive a strange visitor from the sea. However, each village is quite different in the ways they treat the men. In “ A very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, a man with decrepit wings crashed into a small…

consider it valid. So when Texas and the United States signed a treaty, in the eyes of Mexico, that action was considered a declaration of war – especially after issuing that they did not want Texas to be a part of the United States. Jesus Velasco-Marquez refers to when Polk sent troops into the disputed territory and says that to the Mexican government, it seemed that Polk was provoking them with an invasion. As a result, the Mexicans insisted in protecting themselves and their land, leading to…

A world without all of the fifty states would be a pretty different place. Well, if America hadn’t won the Mexican-American War, many of these states might not even exist. But winning the war wasn’t easy, we went through a plethora of events to get where we are today. But America wasn’t about to give up so easily, “America’s honor had been challenged.” (Roden 317) America was justified in going to war with Mexico because America was overpopulated and didn’t have enough land, innocent American…

Tensions built up between the United States and Mexico, ultimately causing war between the countries. Beforehand, Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1821, and Texas declared Independence from Mexico in 1836. After nine years of it being an independent nation, in 1846 the United States annexed Texas, angering Mexico who didn’t recognize Texas as its own nation. In 1846, did the United States have a fair reason for going to war with Mexico? It was in fact fair because it was important for…

A famous country singer once twanged the refrain, "Just call me Cleopatra cause I 'm the Queen of Denial”. In fact this performer is one of many vocal artists to employ this pun in some way. Even politicians like Al Gore have used the phrase, "denial ain 't no river in Africa". The ubiquitous image of an ostrich with its head buried in the sand is another icon of denial. Perhaps no human failing is more ubiquitous and insidious than the propensity to ignore the truth and deny reality.…

In a Magazine article the US claimed that “Mexico Never can Exert any real government authority” (O’Sullivin 323. The US was claiming mexico was bad at governing. Polk sent “Troops … across from the city of Matamoros” (Velasco-Marquez 327), A Mexican city on the border of the Rio Grande. The US sent troops along with John Sidel when trying to buy California (Roden 317). This may seem like just a precaution but some may see it as if the US are threatening Mexico. In the same newspaper…

the reader a different interpretation of what occurred in India securing its independence from Great Britain. In the book Rushdie stated, “What 's real and what 's true aren 't necessarily the same” (37). In One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Marquez incorporates magical realism by including supernatural features such as flying carpets. He also depicts a grandiose character by the name of Melquiades who has supernatural powers. These characters and the way they are portrayed embody the…

the used of supernatural elements in their works is such a subtle manner that they might otherwise be deemed impossible to happen, yet are able to happen at the same time. An example can be taken from A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Garcia Marquez, where he incorporated the use of a fallen angel and a girl who turned into a spider, and while it seems almost fantastical, it is not because in Christianity angels do exist, and therefore it is not highly impossible for a believer, and we can…

According to dictionary.com, memory is the mental capacity of retaining facts, or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. But memories are more than that. Memories define someone’s likes and dislikes, help recognize friends from enemies (Wilson). Memories are our own identity, all our knowledge and experience comes from them. Everyday of our life we are creating new memories. They are the base for taking decisions in a person’s life but are all those memories trustworthy? When you…